A mobile mechanic and dad-of-four will lose his job after being pulled over for speeding and found to be over the legal drug-drive limit for cannabis.

Aaron Ivory was driving along Eurolink Way, in Sittingbourne, in his Vauxhall Zafira when police clocked him doing 43mph in a 30mph zone.

He stopped in Crown Quay Lane and as officers approached his vehicle they could smell cannabis so asked him to do a roadside saliva test.

The 38-year-old failed the test and was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving. A blood test at the station proved he was over the limit for cannabis and he was charged.

Ivory, of Larkfield Avenue, Milton, Sittingbourne, was charged with drug driving and speeding and admitted both offences when he appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on October 25.

Rajni Prashar, prosecuting, told the court he was pulled over at about 9.30pm on March 25.

The blood test revealed he had 7 micrograms of cannabis per 100 litre of blood. The legal limit is 2.

Defending himself, Ivory told the court he was a mobile mechanic and would lose his job if he was banned from driving.

He added: “I have no excuse. I have four kids and I even do the food shopping for my nan who is 89. I will lose my job. At the moment I earn £700 a week.”

Magistrates banned Ivory from driving for 17 months and told him how silly he had been.

They also placed him on a 12-month community order which will see him complete 60 hours of unpaid work, and ordered he pay a victim surcharge of £114 as well as £85 court costs.